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History
paperback. Covering the role of imperial women in the period of the Crusades, this text explores why they were able to wield immense power during the 11th century and yet lost their position of influence a century later. It looks at various themes including kinship and the use of marriage alliances. Series: Women & Men in History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3H; HBJF; HBLC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582303522
- ISBN
- 9780582303522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.01
€ 66.01
Paperback. Tom Melville presents a well-documented history of cricket playing in America, focusing on its period of growth in the 1840s and its periodic revivals. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HB; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Popular Press 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727703
- ISBN
- 9780879727703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
Paperback. A perceptive, clear-eyed account of Australian universities, recounting their history from the 1850s to the present. Investigating the changing nature of higher education, this book asks whether this success is likely to continue in the 21st century, as the university's hold over knowledge grows ever more tenuous. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLW; JNB; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of New South Wales Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781742234120
- ISBN
- 9781742234120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
paperback. Ranching on the vast scale that Texas is famous for actually happened at King Ranch, a sea of grass that ultimately spread its pastures to countries around the globe under the fifty-year leadership of Bob Kleberg. This book captures both the life of the man and the spirit of the kingdom he ruled. Num Pages: 267 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292711877
- ISBN
- 9780292711877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472036660
- ISBN
- 9780472036660
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.86
€ 48.99
€ 43.86
hardcover. This book considers what the Greeks thought of foreigners and their religions, cultures and politics, and what these beliefs and opinions reveal about the Greeks. Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 maps, further reading. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 731.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612703
- ISBN
- 9780748612703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.84€ 151.83
€ 159.84
€ 151.83
paperback. In 1892 a stocky Danish immigrant named Magnus Jensen rode into south-central Montana. He liked what he saw and staked his future on the ranch he would carve out there. Today, the author and his wife, Emily, live on the ranch built by Jensen, Emily's grandfather. This illustrated book bears poetic witness to the myth and reality that are the West. Num Pages: 288 pages, 33 drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; BM; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bison Books United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803216365
- ISBN
- 9780803216365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.76
€ 20.99
€ 20.76
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1160 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AJ; HBJ; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 267 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Talking Finger, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933945187
- ISBN
- 9781933945187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
paperback. A wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zig-Zag'. Num Pages: 320 pages, 35 b/w plates (16pp), Index. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJF; BTM; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harper Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007395262
- ISBN
- 9780007395262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 12.05
€ 12.99
€ 12.05
paperback. The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. The author returns to the testimonies of those involved, asking who they were, and what compelled them to take the terrible risks they did, bringing to the fore stories of the women resisters, whom history has neglected. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 238 x 40. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571280360
- ISBN
- 9780571280360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.15
€ 17.99
€ 15.15
hardcover. This book, based on Outram Evennett's Birkbeck Lectures of 1951, represents some twenty years' work on the sources of the Counter-Reformation. BIC Classification: HB. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035353
- ISBN
- 9780521042864
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 472. 1972 printing. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1961
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Third edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035453
- ISBN
- 9780674616004
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Examining love, sex and gender in the ancient Greek world, David Halperin documents the existence in ancient Greece of a radically unfamiliar set of attitudes and behaviours, institutions and social pratices. Num Pages: 244 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035496
- ISBN
- 9780415900973
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; HBTS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 364. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035501
- ISBN
- 9780860919117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
paperback. An exploration of philosophical and mystical sources of iconography in Renaissance art. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780393004755
- ISBN
- 9780393004755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.62
€ 38.62
Paperback. The social and cultural history of the Nordic region (including Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Greenland), as well as that of outlying former provinces such as Swedish Pomerania and the Caribbean colonies, is examined in this study. Series: Histories, Cultures, Contexts S. Num Pages: 416 pages, 225 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 194 x 23. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890672
- ISBN
- 9781861890672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Paperback. Examines the history of military aerospace power, discussing technical developments between both World Wars and the use of air power in specific wars in the latter part of the twentieth century, including the recent conflict with Iraq. This book analyses the military and civil applications of airpower in the contemporary world. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891891
- ISBN
- 9781861891891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.87
€ 29.87
Paperback. Taking the triumph of consumerism as an organizing theme, the author charts the rise and fall of the Conservative Party, developments in British society, culture and politics, environmental issues, questions of identity, and changes in economic circumstance and direction. Series: Contemporary Worlds. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892010
- ISBN
- 9781861892010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.60
€ 34.60
Hardcover. 8vo.Good copy in dustwrapper
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
. Northern Ireland, Ulster. First edition.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0296835
- ISBN
- 9780241126103
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
paperback. Two thousand years ago, Madagascar was probably uninhabited. An island twice the size of Great Britain, it was home to unique species of flora and fauna that were undisturbed by humanity until the first navigators landed on its shores. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HSM; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781850659471
- ISBN
- 9781850659471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.73
€ 22.73